tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209946972018-09-16T22:51:10.933-04:00Rantville RebornJimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.comBlogger483125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-51674623020124256112017-02-24T00:52:00.001-05:002017-02-24T00:52:52.891-05:00This is still around?Was going thru old emails and discovered this link from an old auto-signature i used. &nbsp;Imagine my surprise that this blog still existed. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/0pdY-wC_KL4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2017/02/this-is-still-around.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-7764808868793198782011-09-21T09:27:00.000-04:002011-09-21T09:27:39.487-04:00Taxes<div>Jim just got audited. &nbsp;Apparently, the IRS thinks all contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan are living in plush 5 star hotels eating grapes and drinking fancy champagne. &nbsp;Unknown even to some CPAs here the IRS has this little-published rule that once an overseas contractor enters the higher tax bracket from his bonuses he stays there. &nbsp;Even after you subtract the 90K federal exemption and do your write-offs for house payment or whatever, that remaining income is STILL taxed as if you were making 100K plus. &nbsp;Basically it's like this.</div><div><br /></div><div>Say you made $150,000 (i should point out that this seems like a lot but you have to consider that this is based on an anywhere from 60 to 80 hour work week. &nbsp;No overtime bonuses, just bonuses for being overseas and in a war zone. &nbsp;So if you think you're not making as much, all you 40 hour a week people DOUBLE your paycheck and then compare). &nbsp; &nbsp;Take out the $90,000. &nbsp;Say you're a Texas resident like me and your state doesn't bend you over and take money. &nbsp;SO now you're looking at $60,000. &nbsp;Say you deduct $10000 or so. &nbsp;Now, you would THINK that you're now only on the hook for $50,000 of taxable income right? &nbsp;WRONG. &nbsp;The IRS is going to tax that $50,000 as if it was still $150,000. &nbsp;Nice.</div><div><br /></div><div>My friend asked the IRS lady why. &nbsp;Her answer was basically "well because you make that extra money." &nbsp;basically her whole reason was because we make more they WANT more. &nbsp;Never mind we make more because we work 10 to 12 hours a day 6 or 7 days a week. &nbsp;Never mind most of us live in tents or small metal shacks. &nbsp;Never mind we're also going without the same luxuries the troops do without. &nbsp;We don't get to go get drunk at the bar and enjoy a 2AM run to IHOP. &nbsp;Never mind the same bombs and bullets that kill troops also kill us. &nbsp;Oh sure not in the same numbers, but we die all the same. &nbsp;You know what else we do without? &nbsp;THANKS. &nbsp;Nobody throws us a parade when we get home and nobody here besides our friends and family gives a damn if we die. &nbsp;Someone has to do the job. &nbsp;Someone has to clean toilets and serve food and since the troops nowadays are above that, we have to hire civilians to do it. It's all good though. &nbsp;I don't need the parades or ribbons. &nbsp;Yeah I went over for money. &nbsp;Mostly for money. &nbsp;I also went to learn more about how to do my job and to go experience more of the world and see things I never thought I would. &nbsp;I mean, where else would I get the chance to take a picture of myself wearing a giant foam cowboy hat that says TEXAS and a poncho with the Houston Texans logo in front of the Crossed Swords Monument in downtown Baghdad? &nbsp;I also like to think I was doing my part and I think I did more to aid the war effort than i ever did when I was enlisted back in the states. &nbsp;I love my country. &nbsp;What i DIDN'T think and i don't appreciate is that the IRS thinks they can just help themselves to more of my money to blow on BS like Cash for Clunkers because they just ASSume i'm living the good life.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/BG4VS9Cni3M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/09/taxes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-54825091253987942752011-08-26T23:48:00.001-04:002011-08-26T23:48:02.097-04:00MobileSo I found a new app that lets me blog on the go. <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/RM-HNN0aDm0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com1http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/08/mobile.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-17043087317393309142011-07-25T04:34:00.000-04:002011-07-25T04:34:07.762-04:00break it down nowAn extended conversation with my buddy about my stubborn refusal to join the dating world again has prompted me to reexamine the decision and hyper-analyze.&nbsp; I was going to do some long post but instead i'll just throw bullet points out as to why Jimmy is better off single.<br /><br />- just shy of 2 decades working and i have almost nothing to show for it.&nbsp; i'm 35 and i'm at what is basically an entry-level job.&nbsp; not only does my career life seem to be going nowhere fast i've been reconsidering lately if staying in the IT field is the right choice.&nbsp; which would be great if i didn't also realize i have nowhere to go if this falls out.&nbsp; i can't think of anything else to do with my life.&nbsp; this was bad enough back when i was 18 and i dropped out of the academy and faced the reality that the path i saw for myself growing up wasn't going to happen, imagine the shitty feeling I have thinking about that happening again at 35.&nbsp; I won't insult women by saying you all have to be with a successful man, but I have to imagine pulling an epic fail in the career department&nbsp;really cripples&nbsp;my draw as a mate.&nbsp; What girl wants a guy who's barely a provider for himself?<br /><br />- there's no romance without finance.&nbsp; what little extra money i do have i prefer to spend on myself on what i want.&nbsp; not something that's going to go over well with any woman looking to be wined and dined.<br /><br />- i am aggressively hostile towards the concept of "romance".&nbsp; hey wake up honey!!&nbsp; it's Valentine's day and while your friends are getting flowers and candy and taken to a chick flick, you get to spend all day listening to me rant about how those guys are a bunch of whipped pussies and your friends are whores.&nbsp; yeah i didn't think you'd like that very much either.<br /><br />- i don't tolerate bullshit games chicks play.&nbsp; if you complain about something i'm going to offer suggestions on how to fix it.&nbsp; if you are not interested in those suggestions, refuse to use them, or think i'm going to not offer them and instead just sit there and listen to you then yer out of your fuckin mind.&nbsp;&nbsp;if you think withholding sex is a bargaining tactic with me, you're going to find how little a problem i have morally with going out and finding someone else to fuck.<br /><br />- i like what i like and hate what i hate and if you think i'm going to either stop doing/using/enjoying something i like or start doing/using/enjoying something i hate because you like it then prepare to have your face laughed in.&nbsp; been there done that, i'm not giving up something i like for anyone ever again.<br /><br />- i'm an angry loud person.&nbsp; most of the time, i'm not pleasant to be around.&nbsp; most of the time when you're around me you're going to be getting ear-fulls of why i hate everything and everyone.&nbsp; <br /><br />- me me me.&nbsp; if i don't want to do something i won't do it.&nbsp; good luck trying to get me to.&nbsp; <br /><br />anyways..... this all adds up to better off single.&nbsp; <br /><br />as a reminder, this blog is only part place to publish and share stuff with people and request opinions.&nbsp; the other part is a place for me to spill my thoughts because it adds clarity and helps to look back from time to time.&nbsp; this be less share and more spill.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/x-gGNRmG8ck" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/07/break-it-down-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-77321644766094270862011-07-22T02:09:00.000-04:002011-07-22T02:09:31.990-04:00SadOk Lucas, enough is enough.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/microsoft-unleashes-star-wars-themed-xbox-360-console-at-comic-con/2011/07/21/gIQAFKUDSI_story.html">Droid-theme Xbox?</a><br /><br />i say enough is enough, but i don't expect you to stop.&nbsp; i also don't expect us to stop paying you money.&nbsp; hell, as disgusted as i am at the shameless money grubbing and whoring of the Star Wars brand, i'll admit that i contributed to it.&nbsp; easily.&nbsp; ask my parents.&nbsp; i got pics of xmas after xmas with me and my Star Wars stuff.&nbsp; i'm such a consumer whore that even as disgusted as i am with this 360 thing....&nbsp; i'm STILL foaming at the mouth to play the MMORPG game coming out.&nbsp; <br /><br />Basically this is like what I imagine (since i don't know i've only read and heard about) it's like to watch a loved one or good friend turn into an alcoholic or addict.&nbsp; You watch them turn into something ugly and disgusting and as much as you want to wash your hands of them you are forced to think back to when the sickness infecting them to the core of their souls wasn't there.&nbsp; You think about good times and happy smiles and you stick around and you just hope that maybe some day they'll come back to you.<br /><br />I don't think alcoholic Star Wars is coming back to me, but i'll always remember the good times.&nbsp; <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oZwJAy2z1n0/TOxOD5mfgII/AAAAAAAAAr0/IqFeYkI-wcY/s1600/starwarslove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oZwJAy2z1n0/TOxOD5mfgII/AAAAAAAAAr0/IqFeYkI-wcY/s320/starwarslove.jpg" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/LcKtWn933Qw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/07/sad.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-48341490633690985912011-05-27T06:50:00.000-04:002011-05-27T06:50:23.086-04:00random complaints and observations- It never ceases to amaze/frustrate/depress/scare me that people who are unable to remember a password longer than 24 hours, spell the word Password, or even tell the difference between logging into a web page and logging into a computer are trusted to keep dangerous people and things off our flights.<br /><br />- If pressed i'd have to say I don't like John Madden.&nbsp; Not for any particular reason, but when I think about things I&nbsp;don't like about him I can't find anything I do like that would cancel it all out.&nbsp; My biggest 2 strikes against him are 1, making it possible for Frank Caliendo to have a career and to open the door to him ruining my enjoyment of Sunday Countdown and 2, I find him as an announcer to be way overrated.&nbsp; <br /><br />- this isn't directed at any one person.&nbsp; i've had plenty of people say plenty of things along the same lines.&nbsp; OK, that being said.....&nbsp; everyone needs to get it thru their heads that acknowledging the cause or the blame or the unavoidability of a bad situation DOES NOT CAUSE IT TO BE LESS BAD.&nbsp; example.&nbsp; i know damn well why i have a job that erodes my soul and sucks the will to live from me.&nbsp; i have it because my stupid ass decided to go to ITT Tech instead of getting a fucking real degree and getting some certifications to go with it.&nbsp; I have it because I decided to live in a metro area with a total shit IT job market.&nbsp; I have it because I sat on my ass for almost a half year before I took job hunting seriosly.&nbsp; Now then.... knowing all this doesn't change anything.&nbsp; It doesn't mean I regret all my choices, It doesn't mean i don't regret some a LOT, but most of all it doesn't change the fact that the job still sucks.&nbsp; Being in a shitty situation is bad enough, but people reminding you it's your own fault or even if it isn't your fault doesn't make it less shitty.&nbsp; I don't complain because i'm looking for meaning or root cause or blame or anything like that.&nbsp; I complain because it is unpleasent.&nbsp; I am fully aware that my shitty job, shitty outlook on life, lack of a future, lack of a career, fat ass, and marital status are all my own fault.&nbsp; I made the choices i live with the results.&nbsp; <br /><br />- at some point there's going to be a giant shift in the dynamics of business, telecommunications, entertainment, and how they all combine or clash to come to us.&nbsp; Sooner or later the internet companies are going to realize they can't nickle and dime us and bleed us dry.&nbsp; Sooner or later Hollywood and the Music industry will have to give up fighting the internet and accept that&nbsp;as long as they continue to charge outlandish prices for increasingly bland content, we're going to keep stealing it.<br /><br />- man, Mother Nature sure has been a bitch this year.&nbsp; Japan, Mississippi, Missouri, here.....&nbsp; She will fuck you up!!<br /><br />- The female body can be such a magnificent work of art some times.&nbsp; I mean, just amazing.&nbsp; I regret a lot in life, but never a second that I've spent enjoying the optical feasts the female form has to offer.<br /><br />- I don't see why everyone thinks getting in shape is hard.&nbsp; I mean, you just need to stop eating fast food and instead resign yourself to driving by a McDonald's and fighting the urge to jump the counter and eat every meat-based product they have until they cops drag you away.&nbsp; Instead you get to mix powder with water and drink your meal twice a day.&nbsp; Nom nom nom.&nbsp; You also just need to hit the gym 6 times a week lift till your body hates you and grind away on an Elliptical because you're too fat to job and know that if you run, you might as well save your knees the trouble and just shoot them off.&nbsp; Then a couple times a week you dodge harpoons and float your gelatinous blob in a pool.&nbsp; Not that hard right?<br /><br />- Why do TV and Movies continue the path of crappy crapiness?<br /><br />- I love having USAA as my bank.&nbsp; It's all done online.&nbsp; Now even depositing checks.&nbsp; I just got a check from the Honda Dealership for an overpayment from my trade-in.&nbsp; Thanks to the USAA app on my Droid, I logged into my account and after snapping pictures of the front and back of the check... BAM!!!!&nbsp; In my account.&nbsp; No muss no fuss.&nbsp; In a time where banks seem to be going out of their way to fuck over customers and squeeze any possible money they can out of them, it's nice to have a bank with some fucking integrity.&nbsp;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/wv5WGxjV-CE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/05/random-complaints-and-observations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-23571770422768447552011-05-15T02:17:00.000-04:002011-05-15T02:17:18.827-04:00One thing i learnedIf my current job has taught me anything (it's taught me quite a few things, most of them I really really could have done without learning) it's that I now know I would never be able to hack it as a teacher.<br /><br />I respect teachers.&nbsp; It's a job that is thankless at times and with a few exceptions is not a very well paying job when you consider what is being provided.&nbsp; I'm sure I could write a longer post about what level on society's fucked-up-o-meter it is when the people who are teaching our kids to read a book and add are paid like a server at Applebees and the people who are teaching your kids that dressing like a nimrod and getting wasted and locked up is cool if you're famous are paid more than all the teachers they'll ever have.<br /><br />Anyways.&nbsp; My main point is that I've found out just how frustrating it is dealing with people who are ignorant and not only have no motivation or incentive to learn, they are not expected to.&nbsp; I listen to these people day in and day out who are nothing but apologetically stupid.&nbsp; They don't care that they're idiots because nobody expects them to.&nbsp; They aren't going to make an effort to get smarter because nobody really cares if they do.&nbsp; The system has been set up to cope with their level of knowledge.&nbsp; It runs and it runs, turning gears composed of apathy and profit driven by people who are only interested in fixing&nbsp;problems that only impact their personal being.&nbsp; Teachers have to cope with students who don't want to learn but they also have to deal with some students that not only don't want to learn but are not expected to.&nbsp; I was reading <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/05/12/soledad.education.latina/index.html?hpt=P1&amp;iref=NS1">this article</a> about a girl working hard to succeed in school and in it it says she actually overheard her dad tell her teacher "it doesn't really matter what she does now she will eventually give up." and that he expects her to fail sooner or later.&nbsp; If I lived to be 1000 and spent all those years trying, I'd still never be able to comprehend how a father could possibly let those words leave his mouth.&nbsp; Most likely because my dad didn't see failure as the finish line in life.&nbsp; My dad sure as fucking hell didn't just settle for growing up poor and spending the rest of his days making himself feel better by rolling around in his kid's failures like a pig in shit.&nbsp; That's just one girl in one class in one school.&nbsp; It begs the question, how many other students fail or are going to fail because they won't ever try to succeed and no one will ever care if they do?&nbsp; Now take the person that has to try and reverse all that.&nbsp; Who has to stand up there in class and shoot basketballs of knowledge at the rims of these kids minds knowing that the shots are sometimes heavily guarded by the system, the parents, and the students who just don't care about the scoreboard.&nbsp; (I'm not sure if that analogy is brilliant or insanely stupid)<br /><br />I sympathize with the apathy.&nbsp; I'm not really any different.&nbsp; Most of the time if you've removed all incentives and reasons for me give a damn, nary a damn shall be given.&nbsp; My frustrations were born from my own unhappiness in my environment and when I sat and thought harder and deeper to the "why" of it all I was forced to take a hard look at my job.&nbsp; The more I looked and more I thought, the more it became clear that nothing is going to change because nobody in a position to change anything has any reason see changes happen.&nbsp; In a lot of ways it's a liberating conclusion to come to.&nbsp; It's easier to cope with stress when you know exactly where the stress comes from and that it's not because there's something you're doing or not doing.&nbsp; Of course it's also equally depressing knowing that there's stress there and nothing you can do will change it.&nbsp; <br /><br />You take the good you take the bad and there you have.... my crappy life.&nbsp; sit ubu sit.&nbsp; good boy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/yNk3f66Ou60" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-thing-i-learned.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-91295467272588438572011-05-07T15:59:00.001-04:002011-05-07T23:32:31.514-04:00My picksI think Obama getting another term is a foregone conclusion unless something HUGE happens. &nbsp;That being said my friend Chris says the GOP should put Palin up just for laughs. &nbsp;Funny thought but.... I say if we're going to go for "aw fuck it" picks..... let's get creative.<br /><br /><br />- 2 gays guys. &nbsp;change the mascot during the campaign to a pink elephant.<br /><br />- 2 firefighters or soldiers. &nbsp;one from NY the other from Boston. &nbsp;theme of "if we can set aside our differences so can you"<br />- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. &nbsp;let's go for the hottest looking ticket.<br />- 2 porn stars. &nbsp;theme "if you're going to elect someone who's going to fuck people and suck up.... let's get real professionals!!"<br />- James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman. &nbsp;It'll be better than Obama. &nbsp;Black, but even MORE pleasant to listen to the speeches. &nbsp;Since being all talk is all the rage in Presidents now.<br />- Trey Parker and Matt Stone. &nbsp;Honestly, no matter who the GOP puts up these guys are far better.<br />- The Rock and Stone Cold. &nbsp;theme of "fight you for it"<br />- Jeff Foxworthy and Rodney Carrington. &nbsp;theme of "if the right is going to be called redneck hillbillies no matter what, let's get guys that are hilarious."<br />- Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta. &nbsp;or.... &nbsp;Ving Rhames and Bruce Willis.<br />- Christopher Walken and Will Farrell. &nbsp;chris does all the talking, will follows him around with a cowbell.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/DlhvBFSpwxo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-picks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-34645209268018949302011-04-16T01:18:00.000-04:002011-04-16T01:18:25.269-04:00must... type... thru.... pain....it causes physical pain to link to Rolling Stone, but this is something that must be done.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-real-housewives-of-wall-street-look-whos-cashing-in-on-the-bailout-20110411">this is exactly what i'm talking about.</a><br /><br />articles like that point out exactly why all this budget debate hoo-ha bullshit is a waste of time, taxpayer money, and Republican sanity/credibility.&nbsp; When we're pissing away $200 million to a bored and rich housewife then it's time to stop and say, "maybe we outta look closer at how this money gets spent.&nbsp; Specifically how it gets spent."&nbsp; I keep saying that once you reign in the HOW then the HOW MUCH solves itself.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/sh2j_yeXNh8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/04/must-type-thru-pain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-43741765388797853512011-04-15T03:26:00.000-04:002011-04-15T03:26:26.955-04:00Admiral Taxy Von Taxington of the USS Tax-a-paloozaI&nbsp;<a href="http://theothermccain.com/2011/04/14/no-poor-man-ever-gave-me-a-job/">have to agree</a> on the point that it isn't how MUCH the rich get taxed that should be an issue.&nbsp; all this squabbling and bickering over budgets is pointless.&nbsp; it isn't how MUCH the government gets that's the more immediate concern, it's how they use it that is.&nbsp; i keep as much of my money from the government as i possibly and legally-ish can for the same reason i don't give to charities or bums on the street.&nbsp; because i know the money will get pissed away on bullshit.&nbsp; I've worked in the government money area.&nbsp; I've seen just how much and what kind of shit they blow thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars on.&nbsp; <br /><br />when i was doing contract admin for Halliburton in Afghanistan i was talking to the project manager about the amounts we were seeing the government spend and he was like "this is nothing, back when we were doing the same thing we're doing here in Bosnia, they were spending TONS more on far less.&nbsp; we tore down and rebuilt the same camp 4 or 5 times because every time a new unit rotated in the commander wanted the camp built his way and if they had the money to blow we were more than happy to take it."<br /><br />I mean seriously, have you ever seen an efficient bureaucracy?&nbsp; at all?&nbsp; can you name me anything the government does cheaper and better than the private sector?&nbsp; <br /><br />Uncle Sam is nothing but a pimp these days.&nbsp; welfare, unemployment, "social justice" programs.... it's all pimping tools.&nbsp; Pimp Daddy Sammy wants you in his stable because the mo hoes he has the mo money he makes.&nbsp;&nbsp;I guess the government asks itself&nbsp;"well, since we started doing it, the number of people on welfare has only gone UP.&nbsp; did we ever have a plan to make it go down?&nbsp; were we ever planning on finding real ways to help these people stand on their own?&nbsp; no?&nbsp; easier to just toss them a check and take our cut?&nbsp; OK then that'll work.&nbsp; more power for us."<br /><br />The GOP is going to hand the next election to Obama if they keep throwing themselves on their sword over stupid shit in a pitiful attempt to look "moral" and to placate the eco-maniacs in the tea party who think they're the ones driving the GOP bus.&nbsp; This crybaby shit I keep reading about "we put them in office and they owe it to us to make good on their promises!!"&nbsp; Hilarious.&nbsp; The gays, anti-war crowd, privacy people, and most of the liberal base are still saying the same shit about Obama.&nbsp; You all have the same sand from the same beach in your vaginas.&nbsp; So they didn't deliver on EVERYTHING they promised.&nbsp; BFD.&nbsp; They gave you their battle plan in the election, and as you should know, no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.&nbsp; Obama is just now figuring THAT out the hard way.&nbsp; So get off your high horses (something i know is nigh impossible for a religious person to do but please try) and focus on fixing what things you CAN and the thing that will make a real difference.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/J9brWY891IE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com1http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/04/admiral-taxy-von-taxington-of-uss-tax.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-1238210139721340262011-04-10T07:51:00.000-04:002011-04-10T07:51:25.029-04:00more venting- all you religious people out there..... if you're right and there is a God, and he has a grand plan and everything is by his will and he has a reason for everything he does? He's a fucking dick. A fucking asshole who just loves kicking a man when he's down. Frankly I find the idea that there's an almighty being orchestrating all this far far far more depressing/enraging than the thought that life is just there and shit just happens. None of you find the idea that someone/something WANTS all this to happen insulting? I'm with George Carlin. If this is the best that God can do, I'm not impressed. This is not the kind of results that belong on the resume of a supreme being. This the kind of shit I'd expect from a temp with a bad attitude.<br /><br />- it isn't enough to lose something that made you happy. no, instead it has be rubbed in your fucking face all the time for good measure.<br /><br />- people are retarded. dumbasses are everywhere. I used to think that mankind as a species was basically in a race. we were trying to race and see if we could grow out of the selfish, ignorant, and aggressive people we are before we destroyed ourselves. now? I think that moment we grow up is never coming. all we're doing is inventing one new thing after another until we finally figure out how to bring it all crashing down around us. <br /><br />- I'm forced to wonder on a scale of 1 to 10 just how bad a person I am for hating the happiness I see around me. I don't really care, I'm just curious if I should hate seeing others enjoying life as much as I do. You what's funny? The only thing about it that bothers me in the slightest isn't that I hate seeing others happy. It's that I find myself upset and saying things I hate hearing others say. Stuff like "It isn't fair" or "why do they get to have what they want and i don't". When I hear others say that stuff I usually laugh and tell them that life isn't fair and tough shit if you don't like it. It just sounds far more disingenuous when you're saying it to yourself.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/cX8961UHYr8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-venting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-10615341476554968482011-04-09T00:16:00.000-04:002011-04-09T00:16:09.842-04:00Great jobThis whole government shutdown thing..... while the blame game will most certianly be played by both sides i'm here to tell you who I'M blaming.&nbsp; EVERYONE.&nbsp; everyone from the top to the bottom.&nbsp; Democrats, Republicans, Presidents, Congressmen, Voters, Taxpayers..... take it Gary Oldman....&nbsp; <br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/74BzSTQCl_c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/ZRmv1AHjyvU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/04/great-job.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-1774449154869574512011-04-07T03:56:00.000-04:002011-04-07T03:56:17.936-04:00Depressing<div>not sure what's more depressing.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>- <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/04/06/wsjnbc-poll-a-donald-trump-surprise/">Trump is the second most popular choice.</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>- the tea party and the GOP in general willing to see the govt shut down just to win a pissing contest.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>- a president that has turned into a <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Obama-says-little-shortterm-apf-1680912387.html?x=0&amp;.v=4">car salesman</a>.&nbsp; </div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>- politicians (high ranking ones) who would rather ask Americans to cram their freedom of speech than tell murdering Islamic ungrateful dickholes that we'll say whatever we fucking please about Islam and we'll burn whatever we want and if they don't like it tough shit.&nbsp; but if they wanna play the "get mad, get violent, feel justified" game, then the next time one of those buttfucking, unwashed, dipshit douchbags burns an American flag or an effigy of our president (bush or obama) then we're going to lob a couple missiles into the crowd because all who insult America deserve to die.&nbsp; See, we can play the same game you can.&nbsp; Only we're a lot better at retaliation because we spent the last 200 years inventing the Internet and cracking the atom instead of fucking sheep and making our women walk around in burlap sacks.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/-2F-ZU9x02w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/04/depressing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-13393798923034897672011-04-01T04:29:00.000-04:002011-04-01T04:29:27.666-04:00thoughts-a-poppingSo i read about the 7 co-workers in NY who claimed the $319 million lottery winnings.&nbsp; it's kinda funny.&nbsp; when they throw a number like 319,000,000 out there every thinks "those people are stupid rich!!!!" but not really.&nbsp; taking cash option and after taxes, each of them take home just over 19 million.&nbsp; so they're set for life if their smart, but they won't be buying any islands any time soon.<br /><br />i was reading another article on how some guy was writing about how he hated the lottery because he saw it as preying upon the poor.&nbsp; it offers a false sense of hope more or less according to this guy.&nbsp; now, to be fair, he wasn't opposed to the novelty and amusement of it all, the problem was that so many people see it as a legit retirement strategy.&nbsp; to which i agree.&nbsp; if your whole plan to retire is "win lotto" then you might as well the join the underpants gnomes.&nbsp; (step 1: collect underpants&nbsp; step 2: ????&nbsp; step 3: profit)&nbsp; <br /><br />here's the thing.&nbsp; the idea of instant wealth can ONLY be something that appeals to the poor.&nbsp; they're the only ones with nowhere else to look.&nbsp; you think the CEO of GM is sitting around wondering how much better life would be if he suddenly had an extra 20 mil?&nbsp; no.&nbsp; something like the lotto only stimulates the hopes and dreams of those who have none.&nbsp; look, i'll speak from experience here.&nbsp; i don't see a good future for me.&nbsp; i don't look towards the horizon with anything approaching optimism.&nbsp; here's where i sympathize with people who think instant money is the only way out.&nbsp; what else is there?&nbsp; when you live paycheck-to-paycheck what the hell else is there?&nbsp; people who scrape by don't sit around and talk diverse stock portfolios.&nbsp; they talk about saving up to get their car fixed or trying to figure out which kid they get to send to college.&nbsp; <br /><br />and speaking of that, i'll say this.... if i have anything remotely close to a retirement "plan" so far all i got is "don't get married or have kids".&nbsp; seriously, that's it.&nbsp; if i'm ever saving up for the future i better make damn sure i'm the only one i'll be spending it on.&nbsp; i dunno HOW those of you with families do it.&nbsp; like, i seriously can't comprehend what budgeting and saving around a spouse with kids would be like.&nbsp; so i guess kristen, carrie, yolanda, and kristin all dodged a bullet cuz I am NOT a good provider.&nbsp; <br /><br />which brings me to another thing.&nbsp; i've been reading in a lot of different opinion pieces a reference to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Manning-Up-Rise-Women-Turned/dp/0465018424">this book</a> about how Men are (basically) refusing to "grow up" nowadays.&nbsp; that the strides in female empowerment have left us as peter pans who refuse to grow up and accept big boy responsibilities.&nbsp; to which i say "wow, only a chick with a huge ego would believe THAT load of shit."&nbsp; the truth lies more along the lines of how Scott Adams said in a blog piece he wrote (scott adams creator of Dilbert) <a href="http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/im_a_what/">offering the theory</a> that guys just take the path of least resistance.&nbsp; which is true.&nbsp; guys are refusing to marry more and more not because "oh we just can't handle a strong woman."&nbsp; it's because we ask "why the shit would i roll the dice on getting hitched when the odds are LITERALLY 50-50 that i'm going to get divorced which puts me at the mercy of a law structure currently designed to favor the woman?&nbsp; why would i willingly offer up my youth and wealth when odds are i'm going to end up getting fucked over in the end?"&nbsp; i don't get how anyone sees that as "refusing to grow up" and not "calculated logical conclusion based on a pro-con agruement favoring personal gratification".&nbsp; like i said, only the vanity of a woman would interprit this as "giving up to the might of women!!" and not "why am i playing a rigged game?"<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/s8j9xa-S7dw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/04/thoughts-popping.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-2711734737683449842011-03-31T06:13:00.000-04:002011-03-31T06:13:52.024-04:00Bugging meI find there's things that bug me.&nbsp; They probably shouldn't but they do.<br /><br />keyboard typing - occasionally at work when it's real quiet I hear a coworker clacking away on his keyboard and all i can hear is the keys click click click......&nbsp; i dunno why but it bugs the shit out of me.&nbsp; it shouldn't.&nbsp; i'm sitting at a keyboard almost literally every minute that i'm not asleep.&nbsp; <br /><br />kids - most people find kids adorable.&nbsp; either because they do or they have them and don't have a choice.&nbsp; not me.&nbsp; i find kids to be annoying as hell.&nbsp; draw whatever conclusions you like, doesn't matter to me, i still don't like being around them.&nbsp; <br /><br />women who seem perfect - this one might need some explaination.&nbsp; i mean the girl in your class that sits nearby every day.&nbsp; the waitress at the bar who laughs at your stupid jokes and always has a smile.&nbsp; the random stranger you see and can't get out of your head for hours after she leaves.&nbsp; they're all girls who you like to see yourself with because you don't really know anything about them.&nbsp; it's like a blank piece of paper you can write any story into.&nbsp; you sit there and visualize the dozens of scenarios you sweep them off their feet.&nbsp; it's perfect.&nbsp; you don't have to deal with the crushing reality of them having a husband/boyfriend.&nbsp; you don't have to find out they love everything you hate.&nbsp; it bugs me because it's nothing but a whole lotta "what might have been".&nbsp; seems like that's all i get nowadays and i hate it.<br /><br />unavoidable internet advertising - pop ups.&nbsp; giant banners that automatically expand at the top of the site.&nbsp; anything that produces noise.&nbsp; congrats on successfully getting me to not buy your product.&nbsp; <br /><br />the republican party 2011 - there are several ways to describe them.&nbsp; i told my boy Joe that they're a party whose reach exceeds their grasp.&nbsp; pointing out that Obama was a giant mistake and offering a few suggestions on how to get spending under control just wasn't good enough.&nbsp; nope.&nbsp; they demand all or nothing.&nbsp; it's time to get broad&nbsp;sweeping changes.&nbsp; you wanna know what the biggest story in them is?&nbsp; "how are they going to lose the 2012 election".&nbsp; because they are.&nbsp; i can see it now.&nbsp; this is a party without direction.&nbsp; without a leader.&nbsp; a party who tried to out-crazy the democrats in 2008.&nbsp; you guys don't get it do you?&nbsp; DROP THE CHURCH.&nbsp; so so many people would flock to you if you did.&nbsp; probably all the independants and even a lot of democrats.&nbsp; oh well.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/SWSg4kyBzlU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/03/bugging-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-71438075753009002082011-03-28T05:33:00.000-04:002011-03-28T05:33:06.592-04:00Specific things I miss about being in a relationshipI was going to assign a number of things but decided not to limit myself.&nbsp; This is another one of those "putting my thoughts into words on the blog" posts.&nbsp; It's mostly for me and it's not done to solicit pity or comments of "advice".<br /><br />here goes....<br /><br />1 - regular sex.&nbsp; let's get the obvious out of the way.<br /><br />2 - enjoying a woman's body.&nbsp; by this i don't mean sex.&nbsp; if you can believe that.&nbsp; what i mean is,&nbsp;waking up in the middle of the night and spending an hour or two watching her sleep as you gently run your fingers thru her hair.&nbsp; i mean laying on the couch rubbing her tummy.&nbsp; i mean the taste of her lips and the smell of her hair.&nbsp; Watching water cascade all over her in the shower.&nbsp; I'm talking about having a good time taking in the beauty of the Louvre instead of riding the rides at Six Flags.<br /><br />3 - gal on my arm pride.&nbsp; "nice girlfriend jimmy, she's cute."&nbsp; like it or not, we're judged by the company we keep and like it or not we also love/hate the approval of others.&nbsp; some people need the approval of a lot and some just a few.&nbsp; i think we can all agree that no matter who's approval we NEED, it's always nice to get it from anyone.&nbsp; i'm a guy and i'm not immune from the need to feed my ego.<br /><br />4 - feeling "needed".&nbsp; call it, fulfilling that primal urge to be the man.&nbsp; to be the protector or provider.&nbsp; being the one who says "i got this babe".&nbsp; <br /><br />5 - flirting safely.&nbsp; this probably falls more under "things i hate about dating".&nbsp; i like flirting.&nbsp; i love tossing out sexual inneundo.&nbsp; i hate having to wonder if i pushed my luck or went over the line.&nbsp; it's just annoying.&nbsp; i like being able to toss out lines knowing it isn't going to cost me the chance to get in the girl's pants.&nbsp; i like it being what it's meant to be.... fun.<br /><br />anyways, i might come back and update this.&nbsp;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/_1apS6FlBuU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/03/specific-things-i-miss-about-being-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-34901116996466039122011-03-25T03:13:00.000-04:002011-03-25T03:13:13.814-04:00Doing it legal<a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/how-i-passed-my-us-citizenship-test-by-keeping-the-right-answers-to-myself">A new US citizen writes about her experience testing for it.</a><br /><br />it's a good story.&nbsp; what it made me think of and what it reminds me of though isn't really touched in the article.&nbsp; <br /><br />See, stuff like this reminds me just why illegal immigration and everyone who supports illegals just waltzing on into our country like it's no big thing are assholes.&nbsp; <br /><br />The legals.<br /><br />Somewhere in all the shuffle of "they took our jobs!!" and "they're just trying to make a better life for themselves!" the people who do it right get lost and forgotten.&nbsp; People who go blind filling out paperwork.&nbsp; People who are doing this because being here and being an American MEANS SOMETHING.&nbsp; People who may or may not still love and cherish the country they are leaving but don't want that anymore, they want to be a part of something different and something better.&nbsp; People who don't expect America to bend over backwards to make things like they are in the old country.&nbsp; News flash: if your goddamn country is so fucking awesome why the fuck are you here?&nbsp; (i've never heard a good answer to that)<br /><br />Anyways, it's just sad how hard work in this country is no longer rewarded and people support the "right" to shit all over people who obey the law and do it right.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/fScVOgpfD0E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/03/doing-it-legal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-88136334024921700922011-03-24T22:28:00.002-04:002011-03-24T22:28:43.874-04:00Yup<a href="http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=14582">Sums it up</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/dztGGiwMVD4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/03/yup.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-49035672249496522152011-03-24T04:46:00.001-04:002011-03-25T07:37:44.453-04:00Detroit = Fail<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/22/michigan.detroit.population/index.html">Detroit has lost 25% of its population in the last decade.</a><br /><br />The focus on this article seems to be how this will impact the federal funding the city receives to keep the residents suckling off the government teet.&nbsp; <br /><br />What the focus SHOULD be is where did 25% of a city full of angry douchebags go?<br /><br />I stand by the comment.&nbsp; These people have had to...<br /><br />-&nbsp;watch jobs dry up with no end to that in sight<br />- biggest names are Eminem and Robocop<br />- root for the Lions and Pistons<br /><br />I'd be the angriest douchebaggiest person alive if I had been subjected to all that for a YEAR much less 10.<br /><br />Anyways, unless the city started a silent campaign of mercy smothering, those angry people moved SOMEWHERE.&nbsp; My money is that it was the people who could afford to move and who had marketable skills or educations to do so.&nbsp; Which means that the city is now filled with <br /><br />- Arabs.&nbsp; The largest concentration of Arabic population in the US<br />- Poor, out of work ex auto workers<br />- All the people Eminem raps about<br />- The Detroit Lions<br />- The Detroit Pistons<br /><br />Help me out here, what exactly is Detroit's selling point on attracting people to come?&nbsp; Lemme help, you can start by finding the chick with the awesome ass at the strip club Ryan and I hit there to pose for billboards everywhere.&nbsp; Seriously, this was an AMAZING ass.&nbsp; I'm not just saying that just she rubbed it in my lap and shook it in my face.&nbsp; Then you advertise like bloody hell you have gambling.&nbsp; Then you actually build Robocop and unleash him to start killing scumbags.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/Hudv6W4Jytw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/03/detroit-fail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-74551893484478848432011-03-24T04:08:00.002-04:002011-03-24T04:08:45.979-04:003D Battery charging in secondsAs Instapundit would say...&nbsp; <a href="http://www.techtree.com/India/News/New_3D_Battery_May_Charge_Phones_in_Seconds/551-114866-893.html">faster please.</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/WPvf4JAo2H4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/03/3d-battery-charging-in-seconds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-85930581209933704552011-03-04T05:17:00.000-05:002011-03-04T05:17:52.899-05:00Epic fail story<div>a light-hearted story of a total non-abuse of power by right-wing police against a minority male clearly violating the law.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="http://www.longislandlawyerblog.com/mother-of-3-arrested-for-taking-pictures-of-tourist-attraction-at-airport">no wait.... take everything i said and reverse it.</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="http://www.longislandlawyerblog.com/mother-of-3-arrested-for-taking-pictures-of-tourist-attraction-at-airport">http://www.longislandlawyerblog.com/mother-of-3-arrested-for-taking-pictures-of-tourist-attraction-at-airport</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><em>During the remainder of the six hours that Nancy Genovese was forcibly detained on the side of the road, she was taunted, verbally harangued, threatened, belittled, abused, humiliated and harassed by members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. For example, Deputy Carlock repeatedly referred to Nancy as “a right winger” and “tea bagger”, and threatened that they were going to arrest her for terrorism to make an example of her to other “tea baggers” and “right wingers”.</em></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>yeah, but it's the tea party who we need to be concerned over. &nbsp;sure.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>bets on this making national news? &nbsp;i got a billion dollars saying this won't crack national news. &nbsp;i got a trillion that says if it was a minority and it was right-wing cops doing the arresting it WOULD.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/ZJG4nmgw88o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/03/epic-fail-story.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-72680073788987811062011-02-25T01:18:00.001-05:002011-03-25T07:38:31.456-04:00Student athletesNCAA's new president says paying the people directly responsible for making them million of dollars is <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/14729722/emmert-says-no-compensation-for-studentathletes">out of the question</a>.&nbsp; <br /><br />So we're still back to the arguement that the scholorship they get is enough.&nbsp; If this were 1970, that might be a valid arguement.&nbsp; Hell, even in the 80s.&nbsp; The problem is, 2 things have changed in the last couple decades that have made this arguement worthless.<br /><br />1 - college athletics, mostly football and basketball have undergone a shift in which they are now running as a business.&nbsp; I'm pretty sure that alumni contributions aren't even really needed at some of these schools.&nbsp; Not that that would stop them from asking for some.&nbsp; What these athletes are bringing the school has shot up.&nbsp; It's no longer about what kind of honor and fun they bring to students and alumni, it's about what kind of money and sponsors they bring to the school.&nbsp; Bottom line: they are getting more from the athletes.&nbsp; (remember that part, i'll get back to it)<br /><br />2 - These college degrees are worth less than they used to be.&nbsp; There was a time where a college degree meant you were set.&nbsp; You had a job.&nbsp; Unless it was liberal arts, that's always been a crap shoot.&nbsp; Paying an athlete with a college degree was saying, "look, even if you don't go pro, you have a future and your hard work will pay off."&nbsp; Not today.&nbsp; Nowadays, paying with a college degree is saying "hey sucker, thanks for making us a few million.&nbsp; unless you killed yourself and got a degree in engineering or something that is useful, have fun waiting tables at Applebees alongside pretty much everyone else that left this college with a bachelor's degree."&nbsp; Bottom line: what colleges "pay" is less.<br /><br />which brings us to the equation.....&nbsp; (what colleges get from athletes hard work)&nbsp;+ (what colleges are giving athletes in return) = you need to start paying these guys you greedy&nbsp;assholes.<br /><br />- it's funny, i hear the point made that football or basketball jocks coast thru college.&nbsp; Hell i've heard from more than one person that people in classes with Vince Young said they never saw him in class ever.&nbsp; The more i think about it, the more i'm forced to say that I don't see a problem with that.&nbsp; I mean think about it.&nbsp; The degree is the "payment" and it's not even guarenteed.&nbsp; It's like they're paying with a CHANCE to get a degree.&nbsp; It's like if&nbsp;I built you a house and you promised to pay me with a new car, but when I go to get my paycheck you give me a ticket to be on The Price Is Right.&nbsp; How the fuck is THAT fair?<br /><br />Oh well, I doubt this is going to change.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/fO5_hLCLITY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/02/student-athletes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-14975584680516989642011-02-23T20:05:00.000-05:002011-02-23T20:05:37.868-05:00Job questionsSo i came across this blog post that talks about how some companies are getting creative in the job interview.&nbsp; It also lists some that are kinda out there.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/interviews/star-wars-or-star-trek/?siteid=20100309_CRM_OFF-MARKET">Here is the blog</a><br /><br />I'm grabbing questions from the article that people say they've been asked and giving my answers.&nbsp; Questions in italics, my answers in bold.&nbsp; Enjoy.<br /><br /><br /><em>If you were a superhero, who would you be and why? </em><br /><br /><strong>Superman, because he's the greatest.&nbsp; DUH</strong><br /><br /><em>If every time you entered a room your theme song played, what would it be and why? </em><br /><br /><strong>the indiana jones theme.&nbsp; and i'd have a boulder follow me in the room.&nbsp; cuz that's how i roll.</strong><br /><br /><em>On a scale of 1-10, how weird are you? Why did you choose that number? </em><br /><br /><strong>10.&nbsp; *shrug*</strong><br /><br /><em>What was your best MacGyver moment? </em><br /><br /><strong>i once made a bazooka out of a paper clip and a stick of chewing gum.</strong><br /><br /><em>If you saw someone steal a quarter, would you report it? If not, what dollar amount would you report? </em><br /><br /><strong>depends.&nbsp; do i KNOW they're stealing it?&nbsp; beyond a shadow of a doubt?&nbsp; if so i'd confront them with a "really dude?&nbsp; you're going to get fired over a QUARTER?!?!?"</strong><br /><br /><em>“I was once asked what I would bring if the department had a potluck.” - Amanda L.</em><br /><br /><strong>a case of Monster and a healthy appetite. </strong><br /><br /><em>“If you were a sea creature, what would you be and why?” - Jay D.</em><br /><br /><strong>do penguins count as sea creatures?</strong><br /><br /><em>“What color is your brain?” - Connie B.</em><br /><br /><strong>depends.&nbsp; still bloody?&nbsp; fresh?&nbsp; </strong><br /><br /><em>“If you were a professional wrestler, what would your stage name be?” - Alyssa Giustino, KEH Communications</em><br /><br /><strong>EL HOMBRE DE LOS MOLECULOS!!!</strong><br /><br /><em>“How many airplanes are in the skies over the US right now?” - Timothy R. Yee, Green Retirement Plans, Inc.</em><br /><br /><strong>if i actually knew that you think i'd be applying HERE?</strong><br /><br /><em>“How would you open the locked and sealed window in this hotel room?” - Yee</em><br /><br /><strong>i could try tossing someone thru it.&nbsp; how much do you weigh?</strong><br /><br /><em>“I was asked, if I went to the moon and can only bring three things, what would I bring? Oxygen and food were already provided. I said my bed — had a great mattress then– my friends and a dog.” - Cindy Holtzman, Medical Refund Service, Inc.</em><br /><br /><strong>a bitchin moon buggy, a PC full of games and porn, and a death ray to hold the world ransom for.... one MEELLION DOLLARS!!!!</strong><br /><br /><em>“I was asked if I knew how to make explosives, [right] after 9/11, in an interview for an administrative assistant position.” - </em><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/danileo1/status/38292299226152960" jquery1298466748790="4"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em>@danileo1</em></span></a><br /><br /><strong>would you settle for 4 alarm chili?</strong><br /><br /><em>“What kind of car do you drive?” - Susan C.</em><br /><br /><strong>a sad piece of shit that makes me sad every time i sit inside it.&nbsp; next question, no i will not elaborate.</strong><br /><br /><em>“Will you file my fingernails?” (For a position at a church.) - Autrey K.</em><br /><br /><strong>under "F" for fingernails?</strong><br /><br /><em>“I interviewed for a [job] waiting tables and the manager wanted to know how I would eat an ice cream cone.” - Peggy M.</em><br /><br /><strong>uh.... yeah see the thing about that.... *runs*</strong><br /><br /><em>“I was asked what my grade point average was in college. I have a BS, MS, Ph.D. and spent two and a half years as a postdoctoral scholar in a government research lab.” - Charles T.</em><br /><br /><strong>1.5.... no wait that was my blood alcohol level.. no wait... DAMN!!!!&nbsp; i need a do-over.</strong><br /><br /><em>“If you had been on the Titanic would you have been in a row boat, on the ship, or freezing in the water? If you were a Spice Girl, what would you call yourself? How would you feel about doing small personal errands like dog-sitting or buying gifts for my ‘lady friends?’” (All from the same interview.) - Trina Rimmer, TrinaRimmer.com</em><br /><br /><strong>i would escape in my jet pack.&nbsp; you didn't think i'd go back in time to the Titanic without a plan did you?&nbsp; I'd be surly spice, a real fucking ray of sunshine.&nbsp; I'm going to assume by "errands" you mean deliver pizza and clean pipes.</strong><br /><br /><em>“Who won the Super Bowl last year?” - Kevin D.</em><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><br /><strong>saints</strong><br /><br /><em>“So, are you married or whatever?” - </em><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/KYProgressive/status/38266832515371008" jquery1298466748790="5"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em>@KYProgressive</em></span></a><br /><br /><strong>hell no</strong><br /><br /><em>“Kids you don’t have one of those, do you?” - Lois C.</em><br /><br /><strong>god no</strong><br /><br /><em>“Have you ever used state assistance?” - Katie L.</em><br /><br /><strong>hell no</strong><br /><br /><em>“Do you have migraines? Do you have small children? Do you like long vacations?” – Krishna S.</em><br /><br /><strong>migraines.... only around small children.</strong><br /><br /><em>“Do you attend church? What is your denomination?” - Katie B.</em><br /><br /><strong>&nbsp;HA HA HA HA!!!&nbsp; good one.</strong><br /><br /><em>“Do you spank your child?” - Karen</em><br /><br /><strong>had i children i would rend them mercilessly.</strong><br /><br /><em>“The strangest question I received was in regards to astrology. He was a real estate agent you wanted to know my date, time and where I was born. He wanted to see if we were a match. Needless to say I didn’t get the job.” - Teresa Turner, Examer.com</em><br /><br /><strong>freak</strong><br /><br /><em>“Are you gonna stay or just practicing for the next job?” - </em><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/soyflz/status/38344466834264064" jquery1298466748790="6"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em>@soyflz</em></span></a><br /><br /><strong>am i going to be given a reason to stay?</strong><br /><br /><em>“Where do you see yourself globally?” - Andrew B.</em><br /><br /><strong>lemme check the ole GPS....</strong><br /><br /><em>“What is a secret about you that no one knows?” - Daniel S.</em><br /><br /><strong>oh sure, i'll tell a total stranger.</strong><br /><br /><em>I was asked “If you opened your sock drawer, what would it look like?” - Nancy Dahl. SheTaxi</em><br /><br /><strong>what sock drawer?</strong><br /><br /><em>“So if I were to go out and get a few drinks with your friends, what would they tell me about you?” - Kristin Rose</em><br /><br /><b>you seem like a nice person, don't piss Jimmy off.</b><br /><br /><em>“What is your favorite movie?” - </em><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/DMRyan711/status/38268826760130560" jquery1298466748790="7"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em>@DMRyan711</em></span></a><br /><br /><b>i don't know. &nbsp;it changes constantly.</b><br /><br /><em>“What’s the funniest Youtube video you have seen lately?” - </em><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/byuboston/status/38272078314479616" jquery1298466748790="8"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em>@byuboston</em></span></a><br /><br /><b>a kitten clawing at food.</b><br /><br /><em>“What wine do you drink? What is your favorite bouquet?” - </em><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Durudarshan/status/38272100334706688" jquery1298466748790="9"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em>@Durudarshan</em></span></a><br /><br /><b>yeah, i don't do wine. &nbsp;sorry.</b><br /><br /><em>“Which Winnie the Pooh character do you relate with the most and why?” - Celie H.</em><br /><br /><b>half Eeyore, half tigger. &nbsp;i'm a person of extreme moods.</b><br /><br /><em>“If you were a Disney character, what character would you be and why?” - Jayne S.</em><br /><br /><b>I wanna be the prince from Snow White. &nbsp;how awesome is that? &nbsp;wandering around and oh hey there's a hot chick lemme just give her a smooch and poof she's up and she's in love with me. &nbsp;time to get my freak on with a girl who's going to be tickled pink she's with a man over 3 feet tall.</b><br /><br /><em>“If a movie was made about your life, who would play you and why?” - </em><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/tofuti2001/status/38476450235559936" jquery1298466748790="10"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em>@tofuti2001</em></span></a><br /><br /><b>The Rock. &nbsp;because *punch* that's why.</b><br /><br /><em>“If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?” - Jerry h.</em><br /><br /><b>oak?</b><br /><br /><em>“I was once asked if my closet was organized” - Crissy Landreth</em><br /><em><br /></em><br /><b>yeah sure. &nbsp;it's organized into clothes on hangers and clothes on floor.</b><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/3kXGYYqJhd8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/02/job-questions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-76820370050229809362011-02-23T01:38:00.000-05:002011-02-23T01:38:47.374-05:00American women.... STFUSo I was reading an article talking about basically how Tunisia is facing some hard choices now and one of them is what and how big a role religion will/should play in the political landscape of the future.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/world/africa/21tunisia.html?_r=2&amp;hp">Worth a read.</a><br /><br />Anyways, the reason i'm posting is to point out a part of the article i read that made me say "god damn, the chicks in this country really don't know just how good they got it.&nbsp; I swear the next girl I hear complain about how OPPRESSED women are here i think i might have to slap her."&nbsp; Here's the part.....<br /><br /><em>She shared in the joy of the overthrow of what she described as Mr. Ben Ali’s kleptocratic government. But she also says she believes that the government’s crackdown on any Muslim groups it considered extremist, a draconian police program that included monitoring those who prayed regularly, helped protect the rights of women.</em><br /><br />OK, so to summarize.... if she were talking about here she's basically saying that the only way she'd feel safe is if the government were allowed to and frequently did, watch and occasionally kick the shit out of the Westboro Baptist Church and the Mormons.&nbsp; That's how fucking bad it is.&nbsp; The chicks in that country WELCOME a government that engages in religious oppression of sorts.&nbsp; <br /><br />I also had to stop and wonder "how the fuck is it that they get it over there we still can't get our leaders or the people who elect them to get it over here?"&nbsp; when i read this.<br /><br /><em>Protesters held up signs saying, “Politics ruins religion and religion ruins politics.”</em><br /><br />I know we like to PRETEND there's a separation of church and state in this country, but until i start seeing some open Atheists elected to high government positions, I call bullshit.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/IIgG0AmlniM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/02/american-women-stfu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20994697.post-36723697725115628922011-02-21T09:32:00.000-05:002011-02-21T09:32:44.682-05:00College pricksNote to self:&nbsp; go to Columbia University and just kick everyone in sight's ass.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hero_unwelcome_Zi3u1fwtRpo87vXAiAQfSN#ixzz1EY0B1tpv">They've earned it</a>.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RantvilleReborn/~4/Houi9WIbJkU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696240621574973934noreply@blogger.com0http://rantvillereborn.blogspot.com/2011/02/college-pricks.html